这部剧灵感来自真实人物Stede Bonnet的冒险，他原本是个富绅，但却放弃了自己的特权生活，于18世纪初成为了海盗。

In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35 millimeter film projectors in the state. Their tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks play out in the empty aisles, becoming more gripping than the lackluster, second-run movies on screen. With keen insight and a finely-tuned comic eye, The Flick is a hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world.

In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35 millimeter film projectors in the state. Their tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks play out in the empty aisles, becoming more gripping than the lackluster, second-run movies on screen. With keen insight and a finely-tuned comic eye, The Flick is a hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world.

In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35 millimeter film projectors in the state. Their tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks play out in the empty aisles, becoming more gripping than the lackluster, second-run movies on screen. With keen insight and a finely-tuned comic eye, The Flick is a hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world.

美国德克萨斯州一座小镇的警官卢·福特（卡西·阿弗莱克 饰）的生活显得无趣而单调，他显得平凡而木讷，但是他渐渐却发掘着内心的罪恶，并愈发在分裂的人格中不能自拔。尽管有固定女友艾米·斯坦顿（凯特·哈德森 饰），但是他仍然更享受与妓女乔伊斯·莱克兰（杰西·阿尔芭 饰）间充满刺激与暴力的关系，渐渐的他终于成为残忍的凶手，并嫁祸于人。当他以为成功转移他人注意力时，更多证据却渐渐将嫌疑的对象指向了他，他不得不开始新的凶杀以便逃脱惩罚，并因此在不归之路上越走越远。